animal rights debate Archives

Council of All Beings

Participants “become” a being or part of nature and share the lives, concerns, hopes, and wisdom of their being in a Council.

Grades: Recommended for grades 4 and up
Time: 1-2 hours

Alien in the Ethical Universe

Participants receive a visit from a traveling alien on a fact-finding mission to learn how beings treat other beings on Earth.

Recommended grades: 4 and up
Time: 20-45 minutes

Mouse vs. Zucchini

This activity encourages students to discover and think about the perspectives of other people and of nonhuman animals using a brief video featuring a mouse and a zucchini on a kitchen counter.

Recommended grades: K-5
Time: 30 minutes

Not Enough Homes: Adding Up the Pet Overpopulation Problem

This activity helps young students hone their basic math skills while learning about pet overpopulation.

Recommended grades: K-5
Time: 60 minutes

Lesson Plans for Animal Protection, Environmental Protection, and Social Justice Issues

Find lesson plans and activities focused on issues related to animal protection, environmental protection, and social justice. Created by the Institute for Humane Education.

Funding Humane Education and Changemaking Projects

Find resources and tips for getting funding for your project to help people, animals, and the earth and to create a better world. Curated by the Institute for Humane Education.

Palm Oil

Find suggested books, websites, articles, videos, lesson plans, activities and other resources on issues related to palm oil to help you learn and/or teach about this topic.

Overfishing and Industrial Fishing

Find books, articles, videos, lesson plans and more about overfishing, industrial fishing, and related issues to help you teach and/or learn more about these global ethical issues.

Companion Animals Global Issues Guide

Find books, articles, videos, lesson plans and more related to companion animals issues to help you teach and/or learn more about these topics.

Animals in Captivity and Entertainment Global Issues Guide

Find books, articles, videos, lesson plans and more related to issues of animals in captivity in places such as zoos and circuses, and used for entertainment, to help you teach and/or learn more about this global ethical issue.